Full Moon in Cancer 2026

Trusting your inner compass: How to welcome the first full moon of the year

3^rd January: PST 02:02 | EST 05:02 | GMT 10:02    

Welcome to the first Moon Phase Studios blog of 2026. If you have the new MPS journal, I hope you are feeling tingles of anticipation as you turn its beautifully adorned pages to follow this first cycle. We have a whole year ahead, friends, honouring La Luna - our beautiful weaver of the cosmos. Let’s begin the journey together, as the full moon in Cancer beckons…

When the moon is in Cancer, her watery home, we can tap into memory and nostalgia. This emotionally intuitive energy supports us in anchoring into home, hearth, and our heart centre. If you are ready to tend to your emotional wellbeing, this moon offers a potent point of reflection. Jupiter, also in Cancer (exalted and retrograde), is poised to expand intuition, encouraging us to explore how our internal beliefs are nourishing us – or not – and, if not, which ones are ready to be released.

Holding the balance

On the opposite side of the heavens, the sun is in Capricorn, in close conversation with Mars, Venus, and Mercury, giving us a preview of the strength of Capricorn energy unfolding throughout the month ahead. The Cancer–Capricorn axis highlighted by this full moon invites us to balance softness with strength, private world with professional life, and embodied intuition with grounded logic. As the potential of a new year awakens, we are asked to hold the balance between being in the flow of here and now and the call of future goals.

My suggestion is to pause. We have an opportunity to enquire into our wellbeing on all levels, to steady us for the year ahead, along with a reminder that moving forward does not have to mean pushing, striving, or struggling. While these experiences may arise at times, so too can a creative, inspired, and intuitive approach. Let this full moon help you look within and learn to trust your inner compass.

Ways to attune to the full moon in Cancer:

• Let your intuition speak: Listen for what may be ready to be healed or released. Take time to journal, work with your oracle cards, or sit in gentle contemplation as you consider your path forward.

• Nourish your emotional health: Create space to check in with how you are feeling. Tune into your emotional boundaries and how you would like to nurture your sense of self as the year begins.

• Embrace vulnerability as strength: Is there a need to be more open with yourself or others? Deep inner strength often emerges when we are honest about our fears and insecurities. Often, when we share our feelings, we discover we are not alone.

• Cherish your VIPs: These may be family, friends, or furry companions. Make time for the relationships that help you feel grounded, loved and supported.

• Let go to welcome the new year: If you feel ready to release and invite in fresh energy, make a list of what you wish to leave behind from 2025. Gather a trusted circle around a fire pit and, with care and safety, burn your release lists under the light of the moon. At the close of the ritual, choose one word or phrase to carry into the new year. Write it down and keep it somewhere meaningful so that you can easily refer back to it.

   

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  What is being illuminated?

  The full moon is a natural moment to pause, step back, and observe what is coming into the light. Journaling can be a powerful companion here. If you feel called to let the pen flow, you might wish to explore the following prompts:

  Journal prompts for the Cancer full moon
  • What in my life needs care and love right now?
  • How can I strengthen my emotional resilience?
  • What will help me to stay grounded as 2026 unfolds?
  • In what ways can I allow my intuition to guide me?

     

    Let’s take a breath and begin 2026 as we mean to go on - rooted, present, and emotionally attuned…

    Wishing you an illuminating first full moon of the year.

    Charlotte